Good
Monday Morning.
NY4N has checked in and posted a route that covers the
NE corner of GA, all those open areas up there.
Jeff and Becky also will
monitor 80M for close/neighbor state calls.
The web is updated to show the
current coverage, Jeff and Becky really made a difference.
Thanks.
I think we still have 33 open counties.
A band of
counties east of Spalding and some scattered few in the south are
open.
W4JO is reworking his run, and I will probably do a run on Sunday to
catch a few more.
Tell us of your plans if you have not checked in.
"Now
is the time for all good hams to come to the aid of the GA QSO
party."
We did get a great publicity boost from NS3T's article
at:
http://www.radio-sport.net/gaqp09_pre.htm ,There
have been several notes mentioning the posting.
A big thanks to Jamie
Dupree for this excellent favor.
At the Atlanta Radio Club on Thursday
night, I presented our slide show on GQP.
There was a very lively
discussion, and plans are afoot for a club operation.
Several Rover efforts
were also discussed.
One member is putting up a 40M wire quad to work CA
and the west.
Another member discussed an Aero Rover, flying over
several counties.
The question was "Do I have to land in each
county?" My answer was "Nope".
Just keep on truckin', er...
flying. "Just be sure of your location and county."
This operation
was described as very IFFY, so it was not committed.
But we do hope they
can pull it off, it might be a FIRST in the country.
ARC, the Walton
club, and a few more are setting up operations like Field Day.
Some of
these outings are for fun, some compete with more concentration.
But "Brats
and Burgers" or "Mults and QSOs" are both good reasons to enjoy the
event.
This will put them in the Multi Multi category, probably Low
Power.
We now have a new Plaque award for this kind of
operation.
Thanks to all who are working so hard on this, and to all
the sponsors and donors who support us for the awards.
I will post any
late breaking news as it happens...
73,
Mike
We need new
pics, some video would be fun too!
Please use ne4s@iham.us or mike1230@mcnet.us as my
address.
GQP, the fastest growing QSO party, is on 4/11+12 2009.
See
gqp.contesting.com !
Be well